Japanese

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) せんちゃく [sèńchákú] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞nt͡ɕa̠kɯᵝ]

Noun

選択 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 選擇, hiragana せんたく, romaji sentaku)
(alternative reading hiragana せんじゃく, romaji senjaku)
(alternative reading hiragana せんちゃく, romaji senchaku)

1. a selection; a choice; an option
   • 2002, episode Hellfire of the Hellsing anime

     お前 (まえ)の選択 (せんたく)だ。

     Omae no sentaku da.

     It's your choice.

Compounds

• 選択肢 (せんたくし) ‎(sentakushi, “option”)

Verb

選択する ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 選擇, hiragana せんたくする, romaji sentaku suru)

1. to select; to choose
   • 2007 February 1, Mohiro Kitoh, “「切きり江え洋よう介すけ」③ ["Yōsuke Kirie" ③]”, in ぼくらの [Our], volume 6 (in Japanese), Tokyo: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-188349-4, page 55:

     イルカの死 (し)を悲 (かな)しんでも、家 (か)畜 (ちく)の豚 (ぶた)の死 (し)にいちいち涙 (なみだ)を流 (なが)す人 (ひと)はいない。それはそこに順 (じゅん)番 (ばん)をつけているからよね。だから知 (ち)人 (じん)の死 (し)と他 (た)人 (じん)の死 (し)、どちらかを選 (せん)択 (たく)しなくてはいけなくなったら、私 (わたし)は迷 (まよ)わず他 (た)人 (じん)の死 (し)を選 (えら)ぶ。

     Iruka no shi o kanashinde mo, kachiku no buta no shi ni ichiichi namida o nagasu hito wa inai. Sore wa soko ni junban o tsuketeiru kara yo ne. Dakara chijin no shi to tajin no shi, dochira ka o sentakushinakute wa ikenaku nattara, watashi wa mayowazu tajin no shi o erabu.

     People may feel sad when a dolphin dies, but no one sheds tears over a livestock pig. It's because those things aren't equally important to them. That's why, if I have to choose who to die between a friend and a stranger, I will always choose the the stranger.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• 選 (えら)ぶ ‎(erabu)